Smoking and playing card compact



March 5, 1929. A. BLUM 1,704,163

SMOKING AND PLAYING CARD COMPACT Filed Ju1y20, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR BY WW ATTOR EY A. BLUME SMOKING AND PLAYING CARD COMPACT March 5, 1929 Filed July 20, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 =fac]. E

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UNITED STATES j AARON, BLUME, or New YO K; N.

SMOKING Ann PLAYING CARD COMPACT.

Application filed July 20,

My invention relates to cabinets adapted to contain cigars, cigarettes, matches, playing cards, score cards, pencils and the like, and it is my object to produce a compact cabinet in which the various articles may be conveniently stored and. from which they may be taken as desired, the cigars or cigarettes being automatically extracted, one by one. i A further object. is the construction of the cabinet in a simple and cheaply produced form, free from mechanical complications, which might get out of order.

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a view; of my cabinet with the drawer open, showing an extracted cigarette, the accessible matches and a partly extracted cigar; Fig. 2 a top view of the cabinet of Fig. 1 with the lid opened; Fig. 3 a sectional view of the structure of Fig. 2 on the line 83 thereof; Fig. 4. a sectional view of the structure of Fig. 2 on the line 44 thereof; Fig. 5 a sectional view of the structure'ofFig. 2 on the line 5-5 thereof; Fig. 6 a top view of the drawer; and Fig. 7 a side view of the drawer. I

The cabinet 1 is provided with a lid 2.

An ash tray 3 may be-secured to the cabinet in any suitable manner.

The bottom of the front of the cabinet is provided with an opening to receive a drawer 4, which holds the matches and forms the cigarette extracting mechanism. 7 As best shown in Figs.6 and 7 this drawer consists of a bottom 5, whlch substantially covers the bottom of the cabinet, with com partments 6 and"? at the front. The com: partment 6 is apertured at 8 to expose the striking surface of a match box cover contained therein. The compartment 7 contains This drawer 4: has a front, forming one wall of the compartments above described, and but one side 9 which is stepped up from 10 to 10 and has a groove 11 running along its upper edge.

In making thecompartments for the inside of the cabinet I take a long strip of sheet metal and bend it on itself so that. a vertical wall 12, a horizontal wall 13, aback wall 14, a second horizontal wall 15, provided with apertures as shown in Figs. 2, 4L and 5, a vertical wall 1617, a horizontal wall 18, provided with a slot, a vertical wall 1920, a second horizontal, slotted wall 21,.

a vertical wall 22 and finally a horizontal wall 23 which is secured tothe wall 12, is formed. All the, horizontal Walls are located above 1927. Serial .No. 207,136.

the bottom of the cabinet so that the drawer may slide freely under them; This compartment unit may be slid intoplace in the cabinet. t I I A partition 24 issecured inside the cabi-f net and spaced sufiiciently from theside wall to form cigarette pockets and for. the drawer side 9 to slide in. 1 1

Vhen the sheet -m'etal partition unit is slid into the cabinet it, divides it into a large compartment a which is adapted to hold packs of playing cards which'are slipped through the apertures 25 and" 26 in the partition 15 and rest on the partition 13. An aperture 27 may be likewise providedfor the score cards and a pencil clip 28 may be secured inside the cabinet.

The compartments 6 and c are adapted to hold cigars laid horizontally one on top'of another. An opening 29 is cutin the side of the cabinet, alining with the cigar comp artment,

and is closed by a swinging cover 30.

through the side of'the boxinto the spacebetween the partitions 21, 18, 22, 23 and "12,

To extract a cigar a plunger 31 passes through the cover 30, the upper edge of the extractor 32 holding the pile of cigars above the bottom. When the plunger, is pushed in the i extractor 32 will clear the piled cigarsat their inner end and they will fall to thebottom of the compartment readyto extract the bottom one. The length of the slot- 33 determines the travel of the plunger. To hold the cigars above the bottom one in position to allow the extractor 32 to operate a sloping end 2 1" is provided for the compartment which does not,

. reach to the bottom and under whichthe extractor normally rests. The-extracting mechanism'is dnphcated in compartment 5;

To extract "cigarettesthe drawer is simply I pulled out." Whenthe drawer is in place in the bottom of the. cabinet 5 the edge of the drawer side 9 is under the cigarette compartment cl, in whichthe cigarettes are laid horizontallyone on top of another, with the bottomone in the groove in the top edge 10,

When the drawer is pulled forward the bottom cigarette will travel forward, with the drawer and the raised part 10 will travel u n-' der the piled cigarettes and hold them up. The extracted cigarette may then be picked up. 'lVhen the drawer is closed the bottom cigarette will fall into the groove 10 ready for extraction on another opening of the drawer. A reserve supply of cigarettes may be placed vertically in the compartment 0 in the rear of the extractor compartment.

H" a match only is wanted the drawer may he opened snliiciently to obtain it without opening it tar enough to extract a cigarette.

By this construction I am able to produce a complete compact ca ,net for smokers and card players which sell contained and in which the mechanism simplethat it will work unfailingly anc cannot out of order.

Ifdesired suitable aosorbent material may be placed in the cabinet such as is indicated between the walls 24 and 24: in Fi 3 to hold -rnoistnre to prevent the tobacco drying out.

standing the 'elrom slidable in said cabinet,

the stepped side on said drawer travelling under said compartment whereby cigarettes or the like will be extracted on opening the drawer. i

In testimony whereof I have ai xed my signature.

AAQQN BLUME. 

